Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-31
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Harbor Commissioners Saturda
maid S5 l00 into tho Stato Traas,,rv

The Harbor Commissioners Saturda,
paid 5000 into the State Treasury.
The lecturer. st. John, has consented +
return to Sacramento and deliver anothe
lecture some time during the month o
January.
Justice of the Peace Davis has given
decision in the Mastin VS.. Eldred ct al
case in favor of the plaintiff for $50 80
Damages in the sum of 1890 were asked.
High license is being quietly but mos
thoroughly canvassed in this city. Thos,
in favor of it are making no fuss about it
| simply counting noses, and they say they
have plenty and to spare.
Marion Biggs. Jr is in the city and say:
that all throughout the northern portion
of the Sacramento valley real estate is in
active demand, and many strangers are
making investments in farming lands.
The jurors accepted in the Harlan muir
der case are quartered at the Exchange
Hotel in charge of Deputy Sheriff Charles
Browning. The men occupy the spacious
parlor of the Exchange and sleep on cots
Greene Hollingsworth, who SO mystic.
riously disappeared on Thursday last from
his home in Woodland, is still missing. and
his family is very much disturbed on ac-
count of his absence. Hollingsworth was
| seen on L street in this city about IL O'Clock
on Friday night last by Chief of Police H.
f. Dillman.
Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock, JEFF
| Mace and c. Moss, both colored, became
involved in row in one of E. NJ. Leitch 8
tenements on Second street, near @. They
INDUCED in smashing the furniture and
windows until arrested by officer Franks
on telephone message to the Station
house. They will be prosecuted for dis
turbing the peace.
The afternoon meeting for Young men at
the Young Mems Christian Association
Hall, was addressed yesterday by William
Ingram, Jr. The subject of the address
was the Bible as beacon light for young
men, and the thought was Interestingly
and impressively presented. There was
good audience, and the closest attention
was paid to the speaker.
Steamer San Joaquin No. arrived Sat
urday from San Francisco with merchan-
disc and barge of freight for the upper
Sacramento; also the Varuna for the up
per river with barge of grain. Departed
same day, Varuna for the up-river country
with barge of freight; San Joaquin No. 4
Tor San Francisco with barge of grain; Ne
ponset No. 2 for the headwaters of the Sac
ramento with merchandise.
The average Signal Service temperature
Saturday was $50, being 50 warmer than
the normal temperature for that day The
highest and lowest temperature was so
and 460 with gentle to light northerly
winds and clear weather The average
temperature yesterday was go, being 60
warmer than the normal for that day.
The highest and lowest temperature was
SOe and 460, with gentle to fresh northerly
winds and clear weather.
The Yoio Nail Of yesterday says: Oh.
Cheyney placed in position three more
electric light globes Friday, which makes
the total number of lights in use in Wood
land eighty-five. Mr.. Cheyney states that
III Sacramento there are almost three
hundred lights in use, and that Just twice
as much is charged for their use as is
charged in Woodland. We undoubtedly
have the cheapest electric light in the State,
and no better quality of light is furnished
anywhere.
Saturday morning, near Davisville,
serious and perhaps fatal accident occurred.
A boy named Muller, aged about II years,
was engaged in hauling gravel from the
Montgomery ranch. when one of the stand
ards on the wagon became loose in some
manner. This allowed the dump board of
the wagon to fly up and strike the boy on
the back of the head with terrific force. He
was rendered insensible by the force of the
blow and remained in that condition until
o'clock the same morning. 1t is not
thought that he can recover.
A man named Dawson made his appear
ance at the Station-house about o'clock
yesterday morning and demanded a war
rant for the arrest of Second street dance
house proprietor named Maud Silverstein.
He complained that while in her bagnio
he had been robbed of $50. He was told
to call later in the day, hen the City At
torney would attend to his wants. He
failed to call, and it is thought that the
matter has been compromised, or that he
upon second thought considered his ex-
posture, and concluded to let the money go.